We asked Twitter about the quantity of Scripture covered in their daily Bible readings and the results are fascinating. While this poll is not scientific, it does reveal an urgent need. It provides a glimpse into how much of Scripture people read each day - of those who have daily devotions. The minority of church-goers read the Bible daily, but if these results are any indicator, nearly half of those who do will currently not finish reading the Bible in 10 years' time. Here are the ... Read More

It’s no secret that young adults today lack solid Biblical knowledge. This is evident throughout culture when people misquote Scripture passages or take Bible verses out of context. When it comes to specific skills that help deepen and sharpen biblical literacy, young adults need all the tools they can get.
So other than just opening the Word and diving in, how can young adults read God’s Word, memorize it, study its context, and apply it to life? These things are precisely what Explore the ... Read More

Biblical illiteracy is an increasing trend. It should be alarming to you as a student pastor. As a student pastor, it’s alarming to me. Too many students are graduating from our ministries with the Bible still feeling awkward in their hands. In Colossians 3:16, Paul encourages the believers to “let the word dwell richly in them.” The wording is key here and gives the picture of being “at home” in God’s Word to an abundant level. A convicting question for all of us is: do our students feel at ... Read More

One may make a formidable case that sin is its own penalty. In Genesis 3, for example, when Adam and Eve chose to believe the lie rather than the truth—which is the definition of sin—that was evil. From that evil evil resulted. Their turning from life—which is the definition of death—resulted in further death. The lie that they believed and then perpetrated of God resulted in their distortion of truth about everything else, beginning with themselves and one another. For the first time in ... Read More

By Bill Craig
A common practice of many pastors is to invite people to “turn in their Bibles” to the passage they are about to read. I’ve noticed recently in some churches, including my own, this practice is changing. My pastor now invites people to “turn on” their Bibles and “navigate to” the Bible passage. As I watched dozens of people around me do that last Sunday I was momentarily distracted by a troubling thought. The educator in me wondered if there are some basic understandings about ... Read More